The Northumberland Rock Art Carvings Dr Aron Mazel


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A large rock in a remote corner of Northumberland, carved by prehistoric people with cup and ring patterns, may well have held a special place in their lives. Thousands of years later, the same rock was to prove life-changing for a teacher from Hexham out for a walk.


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Bicycle Rock - 55.54752 -1.96633. Gorse bush rock - 55.54782 -1.96745 (search carefully for the access point without damaging the gorse) Plantation Rock - 55.54847 -1.97033 (within fenced plantation) There are many theories as to the meaning or purpose of this rock art. Did they mark territories or form part of sacred or religious places?


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The University of Texas at Dallas in 2018 paid $19,842 in connection with 41 holes drilled two years earlier without authorization into a rock art site on agency land just over the Nevada border.


The Northumberland Rock Art Carvings Dr Aron Mazel

Prehistoric rock art of Northumberland is one of the most recognizable parts of the archaeological heritage in North-East England. This is the first of my articles about the Neolithic/Bronze Age carvings preserved in the landscape in various parts of the county.


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Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art Chatton (Chatton Park/Chattonpark) (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 106 images, 6 fieldnotes, 5 weblinks, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland. Image © Pebblethief Also known as:


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Square shaped rock art from north Northumberland. Author provided Also in the 1990s, British archaeologist Clive Waddington proposed that the beginning of carving was linked to a new.


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The Northumberland rock art includes a series of spirals and intricate concentric designs, interconnected rings, and circular cups. However, even though being one of Britain's most important collections of prehistoric art, its precise meaning still eludes researchers.


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There are certain motifs that are regularly used - straight grooves and wavy grooves, shallow circular depressions (cups), rosettes, dominoes. These marked stones have been carved into sandstone outcrops throughout Northumberland - only 3 marked rocks have been discovered in the Cheviots on rock other than sandstone.


The Northumberland Rock Art Carvings Dr Aron Mazel

Set foot on Northumberland's incredible Iron-Age sites and mysterious ancient rock art during your trip to our historic county.


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The sites, which can be found in Lemmington Wood, Wellhope, Whitsunbank and Goatscrag, were declared thanks to the work of about 100 volunteers from the Northumberland and Durham Rock Art Project.


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Now, 17 examples of rock art in Northumberland have been scheduled as Ancient Monuments by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The sites, which can be found in Lemmington Wood, Wellhope.


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Roughting Linn is the most famous of the Northumberland rock carvings, but it would be a shame to pass by some of the less well known rock art in the area. Doddington is one of those sites that is well worth the effort and its a perfect place for a picnic as well if you've got kids in tow. Doddington is a small village on the B6525 out of Wooler.


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England's Rock Art Durham County Council, Historic England, Northumberland County Council, Ilkley Archaeology Group, Newcastle University, 2021. Introduction "An array of mysterious symbols carved into the rock surfaces." This archive is the preserved digital products of the England's Rock Art (ERA) project.


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The Northumberland and Durham Rock Art Pilot Project (NADRAP) was funded by English Heritage and managed by Northumberland and Durham County Councils. The project ran from 2004-2008, and involved around 100 volunteers. New recording techniques were piloted and a standardised rock art recording methodology developed.


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Carved into rocky outcrops, boulders, standing stones, or within burial mounds, Northumberland's rock art varies from simple, circular hollows known as 'cups' to more complex intertwining patterns with cups, rings, and intertwining grooves.